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 In 2022, is LLNS still pitching to prospective “career indefinite” employees, that sub-contractor employees, are a funding and employment buffer? If so, is it really true?

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Anonymous said…
In my opinion, supplemental labor as a career indefinite employment buffer, effectively became a LLNS breach of contract early on with the “gray march” of 2008, and again in the Fall of 2012, when NIF failed to reach ignition. In 2012, NIF pushed out many FTEs into EIT status that could have easily replaced a large number of supplemental labor assignments. Supplemental labor it turns out, can be cheaper than LLNS career indefinites. Something not made transparent.

So what is a career indefinite to do? Well, either role the dice, or avoid programs with large populations of supplemental labor, historically subject to wild budget fluctuations like AVLIS and NIF.
8/17/2022 3:16 PM
Anonymous said…
Some of those fired in 2008, were subsequently rehired, unfortunately, many of them didn’t have enough TCP1 service credit years to re-enter the TCP1 pension system. Many of them had decades of honorable service at LLNL as sub-contractor employees. As such, these re-hires, were permanently excluded from re-entering the TCP1 pension option. Very sad and disgusting fall out of this LLNS decision.
8/18/2022 3:09 PM
Anonymous said…
Although "Supplemental Labor" (SL) is stated to be well, supplemental, as opposed to FTE "career indefinite", when a program funding cut occurs, SL employees are usually less expensive to the program than FTEs. So guess what happens in NIF or other high SL population areas? Yup, FTEs get the boot into EIT status, likely at the exact time of wide spread major budget cuts or budget uncertainty also known as a "continuing resolution" period across LLNL, and this can and has lead to individual FTE layoffs in the past. As mentioned above, stay clear of places like NIF if you are a career indefinite or a prospective career indefinite employee. Unless as a career indefinite, your OK with what is effectively a LLNS breach of contract.
9/01/2022 1:38 PM
Anonymous said…
LLNL “career infinite” applicant interviews that stated the supplemental labor (SL) workforce were a career indefinite applicant employment BUFFER to budget cuts, is a decades old talking point at LLNL, not any different than the continued UC medical benefit coverage in retirement pledges that were effectively breached and landing in Court.
9/02/2022 3:51 PM
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